Like Independence Rock to the south,
mostly during the 1840s & 1850s, many travelers on the Oregon Trail enscribed their names on the soft rock of Register Cliff. It was the same soft rock that preserved their wagons' ruts.

The birds have built these nests on the cliff.

Willard died of cholera about 75 miles west of here.

The trails went alongside the cliff. It was one day's travel (by wagon) from Fort Laramie.

The discolored area between the small bushes and the sign at the ruts from the trail.

On the road between Guernsey and Fort Laramie.

This bridge to Fort Laramie was built in 1875 for $15,000.
That was quite a bit of money back then.